Nuclear Policy Program

The Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program works to strengthen international security by diagnosing acute nuclear risks, informing debates on solutions, and engaging international actors to effect change. The program’s work spans deterrence, disarmament, nonproliferation, nuclear security, and nuclear energy.

The U.S.-Russian arms control infrastructure is decaying just as many non-nuclear-weapon states are demanding reinvigorated disarmament efforts. What can be done to diffuse the resulting tensions and mitigate nuclear risks?

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is under strain. Iran and North Korea pose complex challenges. There is discord over the pace of disarmament. Stasis prevents the strengthening of nonproliferation institutions. How can states find common ground?

Prospects for nuclear energy dimmed after the 2011 Fukushima accident. With only a handful of states investing today in the future of nuclear power, how can high standards for safety, security and safeguards be maintained?

Nuclear weapons are assuming a greater role in international politics. New technologies are increasing the risk that they will be used. What policies strike the best balance between deterring aggression and minimizing the risks of escalation?

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Dalton is the co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his work addresses regional security challenges and the evolution of the global nuclear order.

Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH).

Tong Zhao is a fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

2019 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference

March 11, 2019 to March 12, 2019 | Washington, DC

Join over 800 experts and officials from more than forty-five countries and international organizations to debate—and explore solutions for—the most pressing challenges in nuclear nonproliferation, arms control, disarmament, deterrence, energy, and security.